Marcus Aurelius

Works in the collection

2nd century AD
29 x 26 x 25,5 cm
MNAT 386

Portrait of the young Marcus Aurelius, from the Tarraco Colony Forum.
He appears as a young man here. This type of portrait was the official one - for political reasons - while he was heir to the Empire and was replaced only when he took the throne on the death of Antoninus Pius.